Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 567 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Pause, then rise and fall): Four voice tools: volume (loud or soft), pace (fast or slow), pitch (high or low) and the pause (a short silence). Pause after a key point, after asking the audience a question and before a big reveal. Replace “um” with a silent pause. Match the mood: cheerful and lively, calm and gentle, or serious and steady. Stress a key word a little to make it stand out.

1. 1.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
5. 5.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
11. 11.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
14. 14.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
16. 16.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
19. 19.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
23. 23.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
27. 27.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
30. 30.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
33. 33.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
34. 34.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
37. 37.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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